Taco Bell’s Quesadilla sauce is called Creamy Jalapeño Sauce and it’s that delicious sauce Taco Bell uses in their chicken quesadillas! Drizzle this over burritos, quesadillas, tacos, or any Mexican dinner! You are in for a real copycat treat!
Unfortunately, my first attempts in making the creamy jalapeño sauce weren’t satisfying. I wanted to simplify the recipe and of course, get it to taste more like the real Quesadilla sauce from Taco Bell. I did more thinking and got down to testing the flavors step-by-step of the way with the real sauce right by my side. So, I created a new recipe that turned out to be a complete success!
How I Made Taco Bell’s Quesadilla Sauce:
Comparing the ingredients label off a bottle of ranch and the ingredients from Taco Bell’s Creamy jalapeño sauce, I realized almost all the ingredients in a bottle of Ranch were found in the creamy jalapeño sauce! I decided to add more spices to intensify the ranch flavor as I wasn’t getting the results I wanted. After much testing and finally the addition of cumin, I was HAPPY! I even called my husband from the excitement! Search no more folks! This has got to be the closet copycat to the creamy Jalapeño Sauce from TACO BELL! I make this at our home as a staple sauce, especially when we’re having tacos or taco salad for dinner! And the sauce only gets better after sitting! The excitement is real, so make these chicken quesadillas to satisfy that Taco Bell craving!
What’s in the Creamy Jalapeño Sauce Recipe?
In this creamy jalapeño sauce recipe, you will find ranch dressing, spices, and jalapeños.
How to make Taco Bell’s Creamy Jalapeño Sauce:
Taco Bell's Creamy Jalapeño Sauce Copycat Recipe
Ingredients
Taco Bell's Creamy Jalapeno Sauce:
- 1 cup Original Hidden Valley Homestyle Ranch Dressing
- 1/2 fresh jalapeño pepper (can use 1 Tbsp pickled Jalapenos)
- 1 tsp ground cayenne pepper
- 1/2 tsp paprika
- 2 tsp granulated sugar
- 1/2 tsp garlic salt
- 1 1/2 tsp ground cumin
Instructions
Instructions for Creamy Jalapeno Sauce:
- Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth.
- Keep refrigerated up to 2 weeks or freeze.
Notes
- For the closest results use Original Hidden Valley Ranch Homestyle dressing.
- Recipe makes approximately 11/2 cups of sauce.
- The longer the sauce sits the better the flavors get.
- Store sauce up-to 2 weeks in a squeezable bottle or freeze.
Nutrition per serving
Q&A
What sauce is in the quesadillas from Taco Bell?
The chicken quesadilla from Taco Bell contains chicken, creamy jalapeño sauce, and a 3 cheese blend. Creamy Jalapeño Sauce is the sauce found in their delicious quesadilla’s!
What’s in the original Creamy Jalapeño Sauce from Taco Bell?
The list of ingredients found in the creamy jalapeño sauce from taco bell is; Soybean oil, water, vinegar, jalapeno peppers, buttermilk, cage-free egg yolk, dextrose, chili pepper, contains 1% or less of spices, onion powder, garlic powder, minced onion, cocoa powder, paprika, sugar, salt, natural flavor, modified food starch, xanthan gum, propylene glycol alginate, lactic acid, disodium inosinate & guanylate, citric acid, sorbic acid, glucono delta-lactone, potassium sorbate, and sodium benzoate, calcium disodium.
What’s in Taco Bells Creamy Jalapeño Sauce recipe?
- Ranch
- Jalapeño
- Cayenne pepper
- paprika
- cocoa powder
- sugar
- sriracha sauce
- onion salt
- garlic salt
- cumin
How to make Taco Bell’s Creamy Jalapeño Sauce?
- Place all the ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. (I used a hand blender.)
- Keep refrigerated up to 2 weeks or freeze.
Tips
- Don’t have onion or garlic salt? Use onion and garlic powder with the addition of salt!
- Fresh or Pickled jalapeños work!
- Hidden Valley Ranch is proven to show the best results for making the creamy jalapeño sauce!
- This sauce freezes well.
